There are some specific advantages that R has over other languages in this context. One is that you can use (almost)* a single source document to produce docx,

There are some specific advantages that R has over other languages in this context. One is that you can use (almost)* a single source document to produce docx, pdf, and interactive html output. * I can't quite get htmlwidgets and docx formats to work together in bookdown without using separate commands for the interactive tables (DT and flextable).